I was hoping to do the candy form and easy skeleton-trapping UW quests on all my characters to get a good number of ToT bags and tonics. A few of my characters had done this quest line last year (they all picked up The Waiting Game, but never did it, it's still in their quest logs). But when I talk to the Mad King's Steward, he only offers me Every Bit Helps and info on The Waiting Game. I tried dumping The Waiting Game on one of these characters, rezoned, and talked to him again, but no change.
Is it supposed to be like this?
Halloween Quests - Something Wicked, Don't Fear, Skeletal Tide - Not Repeatable?
Star_Jewel
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As I recall last year there was like one quest released per day. But I could be remembering wrong and those quest might not have come out yet this year?
Star_Jewel
Hm, don't know about that. The characters that did not do the Halloween Quests last year have been able to pick up the first one today, Something Wicked This Way Comes. I also asked about it in Lion's Arch, and people said, "Yeah, it's available! Talk to the guy!" 
Gabriel of Ravn
I think you have to do the Waiting game, only 1 of my toons picked it up last year and I completed it on that toon. I already did all the quests up to the Waiting Game on all my toons this and I was able to redo it on my toon that did the Waiting Game.
Dystopia
Official Wiki: "Something Wicked This Way Comes," "Don't Fear the Reapers," and "Stemming the Skeletal Tide" are not available to characters who completed them last year.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Halloween_2010
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Halloween_2010
Gabriel of Ravn
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Originally Posted by Dystopia
Official Wiki: "Something Wicked This Way Comes," "Don't Fear the Reapers," and "Stemming the Skeletal Tide" are not available to characters who completed them last year.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Halloween_2010 |
Captain Bulldozer
I have the same issue. Seems like those are not repeatable. Kinda sucks in my opinion, those were a lot of fun... On the plus side, the waiting game now rewards a stack of ToT bags whereas last year it was only 100. So I guess the waiting paid off.
Star_Jewel
Okay, I get it now. Well, guess I better twist a friend's arm to try out the Underworld, then. 
higaru
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Originally Posted by Dystopia
Official Wiki: "Something Wicked This Way Comes," "Don't Fear the Reapers," and "Stemming the Skeletal Tide" are not available to characters who completed them last year.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Halloween_2010 |
can only say 2 things: this sux.
aspi
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Originally Posted by higaru
can only say 2 things: this sux.
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Iuris
Too bad, the really fun ones can't be done, leaving only the boring one and the impossible one...
P.S. How can a balanced group get the bloody Servants of grenth done?
P.S. How can a balanced group get the bloody Servants of grenth done?
gremlin
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Too bad, the really fun ones can't be done, leaving only the boring one and the impossible one...
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Got to the waiting game last year.
Took the new quest this year in an attempt to bypass the difficult one but all I did was waste a couple of transmog tonics and 1000 gold.
ie Drank travelled and had to drink again.
No mission to do just a load of ??.
Pity really all the other festivals you get easy quests suitable for beginners and you can repeat them, though this can get a little boring that there are no new quests.
I guess Mad King Thorn just wants us all dead.
aspi
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I agree I am not that good a player and mostly inexperienced when it comes to the underworld.
Got to the waiting game last year. Took the new quest this year in an attempt to bypass the difficult one but all I did was waste a couple of transmog tonics and 1000 gold. ie Drank travelled and had to drink again. No mission to do just a load of ??. Pity really all the other festivals you get easy quests suitable for beginners and you can repeat them, though this can get a little boring that there are no new quests. I guess Mad King Thorn just wants us all dead. |
Arduin
Isn't Every Bit Helps still available?
Star_Jewel
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Isn't Every Bit Helps still available?
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I will get to do those on some of my newer characters, though. And my aspiring Legendary Survivors are happy that, if some quests had to be restricted while others weren't, they can reap the repeatable benefits from Every Bit Helps.
I don't blame A.Net for setting it up the way they did.
I just hope if I do go to the trouble of doing The Waiting Game, it counts for last year and not this year, and lets me pick up the first three quests on that character again.
Captain Bulldozer
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I just hope if I do go to the trouble of doing The Waiting Game, it counts for last year and not this year, and lets me pick up the first three quests on that character again.
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I already read somewhere that confirmed this was not the case. As soon as the quest converted from having a 100 ToT reward to a 250 ToT reward, it counted for this year. That's pretty normal for festival quests and other repeatables (like z-quests, etc) anyway.
BuD
Wasnt this supposed to be a one time deal last year? If so, the people who did the quests last year & still have the waiting game to do yet are royally screwed.
Star_Jewel
Today's update fixed it. Something Wicked This Way Comes is now available to my other character(s). 
Thank you, A.Net!
Thank you, A.Net!
Sariah Dragonslayer
Was wondering if someone who has done the "Something wicked this way comes" quest could help me out at all? I checked the wiki and it says follow the pings, dont go directly to the map marker, however running back and forwards to the pings seems to achieve nothing, sometimes 2 spots on the maps ping simultaneously. I'm sure there is something simple I have missed here, I have completed all 3 other quests from the countess of Hakewood and it seems the stewards other quests are not avilable until I complete this one so I'm kind of stuck here....
Star_Jewel
The yellow pings just give you a general clue of which direction to go, nothing special happens when you arrive at them. Follow the route marked in the map on the wiki, you should be fine.
Sariah Dragonslayer
OK thanks, they just seemed to ping back and forwards between 2 points so I'll give it another go 
Sariah Dragonslayer
Ahh, so much simpler if you ignore the pings altogether